>exaggerated ... >official-condoned Severity and scope mainly. Bad stuff happens as byproduct of program on this scale. My position is numbers and atrocities

>exaggerated ... >official-condoned Severity and scope mainly. Bad stuff happens as byproduct of program on this scale. My position is numbers and atrocities are exaggerated. GIS study reveals there's 1/3 of the camp as those used to extrapolate the 1M+ figures. Changing testimonies from the same usual suspects is text book atrocity propaganda. The claim it's officially-condoned contradicts leaked memos themselves instructing (relatively) humane treatment which corresponds with earliest testimonies which were tame but also did not move needle. Hence need for exaggeration. TLDR is XJ is an none-event in geopolitical terms if it's comparable to US prison or CAN indigenous reserves where bad things happen as side-effect of scale and power dynamics. They're par for the course hence need to exaggerate into something they're not. > what their goals actually are. Neuter human rights + atrocity propaganda as a valid geopolitical weapon, because it engineers dangerous frictions. Fallout from wars has more significant negative outcomes than cultural genocide. The double standards of fabricating greater evils inhibits raising rights i.e. XJ formalized as cultural genocide opens up meaningful tools for Indigenous ppls in Canada. Labelling it as something else absolves such duty. I endorse increasing international pressure on crimes against humanity / cultural genocide to scope where it punishes west and east for benefit and detriment of both. I also acknowledge that there's cynical geopolitical reasons why this is not happening. Finally, a proper reflection on cultural genocide would at least formalize the limits to state powers especially on topics like forced integration, there are so many messed up internal divisions / post-colonial borders keeping countries from prospering - forced integration has been a important tool for stability since time immemorial, we can try to constrain it to what's globally acceptable, or leave it as the current free-for-all.